Rail-joint.



@.Rossl. am JOINT. APFLICATION FILED OCT. lI 19|?.

Patented May 21,1918.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of yLetters Patent.

Patented May 21, 191%.

, application ined october 1,1917. seria1No.194.,ie7.

To all whom z't may concern: l Be it known that l, GiosUi Rossi, a subject of the King of Italy, residing'at Morris dale, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the present inven-4 tion is the provision of a ready means for detachably locking together' the adjacent ends of railway rails when operatively positioned in longitudinal alinement, the construction being especially serviceable for temporary tracks.

A further object of the device is the pio vision of a means for operatively securing railway rails together in track formation so that the same may be instantly disconnected when desired, the stiucture being strong and serviceable and eliminating the use of the usual nutsand bolts. l

lln the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts 'throughout the several views,

Figure 1 isa side elevation of portions of rails provided with the present device and illustrated in their operative arrangement,

Fig. 2 is a view thereof, illustrating the manner of disconnecting the rails,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken upon line lII-llll of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4: is avertical transverse sectional i view taken upon line IV- IV of Fig. 1.

It being understood that the present device is adapted for attaching railway rails together in track formation, the device'is herein shown in connection with the adjacent end portions of two rails 10 and 11 each of which is provided with the usual tread v portion 12, base flanges 13 and connecting web 14, the free ends of the rails 1.0 and. 11 being positioned in substantially abutting relations when the rails are in operative longitudinal alinement. n

rlhe rail 11 `has the web 14 thereof, provided with an extension 15, the rail 11 being in other respects unaltered but provided with a bolt'l permanently arranged transversely of the rail 11 at the point of merge.

larged as at 19 at the free end of the rail with 'a recess Q0 formed therein in the end of the rail 10 adapted for the reception ofthe extension 15 of the rail 11, the recess being between the head 12 and base, 13 ofthe rail 1() and the extension 15 having a curved lower `forward edge 15 vfor permitting its ready reception within and removal from the said recess Q0.

Opposite plates are provided on the enlarged web portion '19 of the rail 10 arranged in parallelism and spaced apart for the reception of the extension 15, while a notch Q3 being provided in the upper edge of each plate Q2 adapted for fitting beneath the adjacent portion of the bolt .16 when the device is assembled with the plates 22 positioned at opposite sides of the web 1.4 of the rail 11 and at which time the lugs 18 will overlie the outer faces of the plates 22. The lower edges :24 of the plates 22 are slightly beveled for permitting the'readyl assemblage and disconnecting of the rails l() and 11 and it will be seen that with the extension 15 of the rail 11 arranged within the recess 20 of the rail 10 and with the plates 22 engaging the bolt 16 of the rail 11 as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, a serviceable joint for the rails 10 and 11 is provided and that the rails are easily* lations in this manner. i

It will be understood that each rail for forming the track will have its opposite ends differently constructed,rthat is, one end of each rail will be formed as is herein illustrated, in connection with the rail 11.

. and quickly assembled in their oP srative rewhile the other end thereof will be formed as herein shown with respect to the rail 10. B v inclining either of the rails 10 or 11 with respect to its companion rail. the said rails may be readily disconnected best illustrated .in Fig. :2 of the drawing. The lugs 18 assist the plates and extension 15 in withstanding the strains incident to all tratiic conditions. lVhile the device is serviceable for permanent track lines, it is especially adapted for quickly laying teniporary lines of track which may bereadily shifted when desired.

ing between the tread 12 and web 14 of sai'l' What I claim as new isr rail 11. The bolt 16 is preferably formed of two parts threaded from opposite directions into a socket 17 within the rail 11 and has opposite depending guide lugs 18.

The companion rail 10 has its web 14 enl. A detachable connection for rails comprising in combination with ends of companion rails one. of the saine having a web extension, the other rail having a recess in the free end thereof adapted for the recepioo tion of the said extension, opposite plates carried b the end of the recessed rail adapted or engagement at opposite sides with the web havingthe extension when the rails are assembledand detachable interengagin means betweenthe said plates and rthe a jacent rail.

2. .A rail joint comprising in combination with the end portions of rails adapted for position in longitudinal alinement, one of the said rails having the web thereof pro- -'ec ting forwardly of the rails, a transverse olt carried at thev point of merging of the ,web and tread portions of said extensioncarried rail, the other rail having its end provided with coperating means associated with the said xtension and bolt.

3. A rail joint comprising in combination with the end portions 'ofrails adapted for position in longitudinal alinement, one vof the said rails having the web thereof 'projecting forwardly of the rails, a transverse bolt carried1 at the point of merging of the web and tread portlons of said extensioncarried rail, the other rail having its end provided with a 'receiving recess for the said extension and further having an enlarged "web portion at its free recessed en parallel plates carried by the said enlarged web portion provided with notches in their upper edges adapted for receiving the said bolt when the rails are arranged in their assembled osition.

4. A device of t e class described comprising rails having eomplelnentalh7 formed end portions, one of said rails having a. transverse socket through the merging point of its head and web, and a two-part bolt secured within the said socket having opposite depending lugs, the said bolt with its lugs adapted for coperating with the adjacently positioned portion of the companion rail when the device is assembled.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GrIoSU Rossi. 

